Joe’s BodyBlog

This has been a 7 month journey so far but a great one.  I started all of this on December 14th 2007 at 270 pounds.  On todays weigh in I am happy to report that I have lost 70 pounds.

Seeing that 200 pound mark on the scale was awesome. The last time I weighed 200 pounds was 18 months ago.  Its great to have those double zeros back again. 

Everything that I am putting into it is paying off. I feel great. 

My next goal is to lose another 10 pounds by the end of August.

It can only get better from here.

I"m gonna do it! 

 Last Week, I injured my knee on my last set lifting over 500 pounds on the 45 degree leg press.  Went to the doctor and the x ray showed no damage.  Had to give it 5 days to recover.  Pain is gone and no need to get an MRI on it.

I have been in a really rotten mood ever since because I missed my cardio and had to rest my knee. Time is wasting and I have more weight that I need and want to lose.  I was hoping to hit the 70 pound weight loss mark by July 4th and am only 4 pounds away from it.  Having to stop my cardio for a while was really tough.

Since I could not work my legs, I took it out on my upper body and increased the weights and did more sets. Did killer ab workouts, core training and stuck to my diet.

I am miserable without my cardio.  It is like a drug with me. It is something that I have to do each day.  I love the rush that I get from it and I work off all of the daily stress from it and sleep great. Cardio is what makes me lose the weight.

Tonite I will get back into it slowly and can’t wait but am being cautious about my knee.

Hopefully by the end of this week I will be into it 100% and hit my 70 pound weight loss mark.

I worked really hard for 2 weeks, stuck to my diet, skipped my cheat days and did my cardio twice each day - only lost a pound.  Took time to rethink, adjust and modify my workout routine. I stopped taking the whey protein and creatine.  

I continued with my workout routine and treated myself to 2 cheat days.

Day 1- I had 2 giant slices of cheese steak pizza. 

Day 2- Two double cheeseburgers, a large order of fries and a pint of ice cream.

Then it was back to business with my regular diet and my new workout and core training routine. 

2 days later guess what happened? 

BAM! 

I dropped 2 more pounds! 

Now I am down 66 pounds!

Now I am only 4 pounds away from losing 70 pounds. 

4 pounds away from seeing 200 on the scale.  

Haven’t seen 200 on the scale in over a year and a half.

Had to buy more new clothes- awesome!.

Blue/green veins now pop out in my biceps and pecs- freaky but cool.

I can’t wait to see those double zeros on that scale.

The 200 pound goal is within my reach and beyond.

I’m gonna make it happen.

 I made it through a busy work week and the holidays.  Did my lifting and cardio and stuck to my diet.  Only lost 1 pound in a 2-week period. I blame that on the creatine and whey protein that I was taking.  But on the upside, my new 36 waist jeans got too big on me.  Maybe the conversion to muscle is actually and finally happening- I can certainly see and feel the difference. 

I had to get rid of 4 huge bags of clothes that were way too big on me- donated them to charity.

I am impatient.  I want my results NOW.  I am staying committed and putting in the effort. I have hit plateaus before but not for this long.  I make myself discouraged because I demand a lot of myself and I become my own worst enemy. Maybe that’s a good thing.  Maybe without it, I wouldn’t have gotten this far.

Time to get grounded and re-think things. I also prayed on it for a little divine intervention and I got an answer.  I met a wonderful lady at work.  Turns out that she is a former bodybuilder and trainer.  She is going to give me a diet and exercise plan for putting on muscle once I have hit my weight loss goal.

This week, I am going to change my lifting and cardio routine and shock my body into a new adaptation. I am only 6 pounds away from my next weight loss goal to get down to 200 pounds and I know I will get there.

Just a matter of time.